Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke
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- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke
- Common Name
- Old World Hairsedge
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
- Comments
- Native of the Old World Tropics, commonly introduced as a weed of sandy fields and other disturbed habitats on the southeastern Coastal Plain from Texas to North Carolina. Its known Virginia occurrences are considerably disjunct from its usual range.
- Habitat
- First collected (1991) as a waif in an Albemarle County flower bed, where thought to be doubtfully persistent. In 2024, a large population was found in a sandy roadside ditch in King and Queen County, suggesting that the species could be occurring elsewhere in the Coastal Plain undetected.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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